Four post medieval chalk pits are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Vine's Down Buildings (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. All but one have been levelled and are no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery..
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<1> SDO13830
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA/105 2023-4.
<2> SDO13760
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0050-1.
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Location
Grid reference
Centred SY 82345 83511 (144m by 671m) (4 map features)
Map sheet
SY88SW
Civil Parish
Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
Other Statuses/References
None recorded
Record last edited
Oct 17 2014 1:12PM
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